WSYR-TV
  
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Syracuse, New York United States |
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| Branding | NewsChannel 9 |
| Slogan | The Local Station |
| Channels |
Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 9 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 9.1 ABC 9.2 MeTV 9.3 Bounce TV 9.4 Laff |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 9, 1962 |
| Call letters' meaning | SYRacuse |
| Former callsigns |
WNYS-TV (1962–1978) WIXT-TV (1978–2005) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 9 (VHF, 1962–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT2: Variety Television Network |
| Transmitter power | 105 kW |
| Height | 402 m |
| Facility ID | 73113 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°56′42.5″N 76°1′26.6″W / 42.945139°N 76.024056°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | localsyr.com |
WSYR-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Central New York State that is licensed to Syracuse. It currently broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 17 from a transmitter on Sevier Road in Pompey. The station can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 9 and in high definition on digital channel 1240. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it has studios on Bridge Street (NY 690) in East Syracuse.
Channel 9 was the last of Syracuse's major network affiliates to sign on, doing so September 9, 1962 after a channel shuffle involving rival WHEN-TV and Rochester's WROC-TV allowed a third analog VHF station in Syracuse. The original call letters were WNYS-TV (now assigned to Syracuse's MyNetworkTV affiliate). It signed-on under the ownership of a group of local investors. The station has always been an ABC affiliate. Channel 9's original studios were located in the basement of the Shoppingtown shopping center on Erie Boulevard in DeWitt. Fire overtook the studios in April 1967, forcing the station to temporarily move to WCNY-TV's studios in Liverpool until its facilities were rebuilt.
In 1969, then-owner W.R.G. Baker Television Corporation applied for a WNYS-TV translator on channel 7, W07BA; this facility, serving Syracuse and nearby Nedrow, came on the air in 1972. W07BA, which later moved its second city of license to DeWitt, remained a repeater of channel 9 until 2014; its license was canceled on March 24, 2014. The station was purchased by The Outlet Company in 1971.
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